"I have him Kailus, go ahead." says Ryllian as she again uses the wand to heal her companions.

The druidess uses the wand liberally and the two fallen warriors are once more able to fight. Belmar proved to be especially difficult to revive and took more of the wands energy but Ryllian was happy to help. Without the deadly silver arrows from Tasha's bow the elf feared there might not have been anything left to heal.

"What do you think about dipping your claws in silver Echo?" she jokingly chided the raptor as she mended him with the wand as well.

Pain. Darkness. Belmar remembers the feeling of nearly being torn to shreds by the werewolf. He opens his eyes at last, and the first thing he sees is Ryllian. Blinking, he looks amongst the others, seeing the monk being healed as well by the druid. He sighs in relief when he sees the battle is won, saying to the others, "I had been thinking it foolish to risk my life moments ago, but I appear to have been proven wrong. It's not often I'd say this, but...thanks. All of you. Careful though Xan, I'm not too eager to feel that much pain ever again." He says this last bit with a clap on the monk's shoulder, standing up afterwards.

He moves to his dropped possessions and begins gathering them up, his dark companion remaining beside him the whole time. It had gone against all tenets of his training, to be so self-sacrificial. Yet perhaps that was not the way to think of the matter? By luck, tactics, and teamwork, they had managed to keep each part of the whole alive rather than risk any individual. The mission was not yet accomplished, so losing valuable allies would be a worthless gesture. Using evil to fight evil was acceptable, but risking good to succeed was dishonorable. He'd no reason to feel angry. He keeps his guisarme at the ready after he retrieves it, rejoining his allies quietly.

Move Action: Belmar stands up.Move Action x?: Belmar moves about the battlefield with his dark companion staying 1 square to his left at all times, retrieving his masterwork guisarme and his composite longbow. He keeps his guisarme drawn and sheathes his silver dagger when he retrieves that, then rejoins the others, staying just outside the Briar Web.

Tasha moved closer and added her own spells of healing to help bringing the two fallen warriors back to fighting strength, fist one spell on Xan and the another on Belmar.

She whispered, "Move carrrefully, Kailus. I can still smell you and so can a wolf."

She quickly looked around for a few of the silver arrows that missed and gathered the broken ones too, pulling them from the bloody corpse. Then needed to follow-up after teh invisible elven mage, lest he get into trouble.

With some liberal healing, Belmar was doing much better and even Xan was doing okay. Echo's injuries were nearly gone.

The dead werewolf shifted from its canine-hybrid form to a hobgoblin wearing a chain shirt with a buckler on his arm that had not been there before. The scabbard for his sword and the quiver for arrows were still there.

NOTE: North is to the top of the map, 1 sq = 5ft1. Dark colored vegetation is difficult terrain if more than 50% of Square for medium creatures or smaller & provides 20%(roll 1d100: 1-20 misses) concealment being bushes from ranged attacks, 50% concealment for small creatures or prone medium ones.2. Boulders are 5ft high and provide cover. Tree trunks provide cover3. Medium or Large bodies provide difficult terrain for medium creatures or smaller. Large Bodies can provide soft cover bonuses like low wall

"I'll try and move quietly then. Stay on the look out in case I do wake anything and have to come back fast." Kailus says.Using his invisibility while it still lasts, Kailus carefully heads through the opening, trying to stay quiet. It is not his strength, but his aim is to find out how many more of the creatures there are.

Xan had fallen again only to be revived again. His head felt like it was split by an axe. It took many moments before he realized what had happened and where he was. Thankfully Tasha had put down the werewolf as he was obviously no match for it.He smacks his lips a bit in order to moisten his parched mouth before he is able to speak. "One has a wand of healing, please use it for mine and any others wounds." He says to Ryllian as he pulls it out in offering while giving a respectful bow of his head.

He turns to all and thanks them for hte healing and help in battle. "One thanks you all for the protection, healing and covering of one's arse." He smiles and gives a long bow of his head, holding it for several heartbeats.

He then looks around and finds his fallen weapons, putting the finely crafted silver sai back into his boot and pick up his crossbow. He inspects it carefully and brushes the dirt off of it's highly polished wood stock.

Belmar examines the body of the one who had felled him from earlier. He says, "A hobgoblin? That's not surprising. I hope there aren't more like him amongst the other bandits, or this will be troublesome. I wonder if any of the brigands wielded magical gear?" He begins gathering the valuables of the goblins into one location for easier identification while Kailus scouts. In case the wizard ran into trouble, he could be back amongst his allies rather quickly.

Tasha kept vigilant and left the looting of the hobgoblins to the others. As Xan and Belmar were still looking battered from the fray, she suggested, "Perrrhaps using a the wand of vigorrr would be betterrr to help rrrestorrre theirrr stamina."

The werewolf hobgoblin had been strong, but the silver arrows had done him in quickly enough. "Some investment in silverrr weapons might be prrrudent."

Tasha moved closer to the vegetation covered berm that made a wall concealing the hobgoblin’s lair or camp. She cautiously tried to look over to see if there were anything to threaten the invisible mage.

Investigating the inside of the berm, Kailus did not see any further threats lurking where the hobgoblins had laired. The interior was flat clearing where the bushes and undergrowth was tall enough on the edges to hide anyone inside.

There was a fit pit and dirty fur hides that could be used for sleeping. There was a shallow cave-like area in the side of the little hill making up the back wall. The hobgoblins clearly used it for sleeping with some shelter from adverse weather.

From the dead hobgoblins you gathered a collection of chain shirts and excellently made weapons. They all had cloaks and boots to help them move with more stealth in the forest. They did not have much treasure on them, but a decent amount of silver and gold coins.

The dead werewolf also had finely crafted weapons and armor. He was not carrying any money on him, but did have a potion vial in a belt pouch.

NOTE: North is to the top of the map, 1 sq = 5ft1. Dark colored vegetation is difficult terrain if more than 50% of Square for medium creatures or smaller & provides 20%(roll 1d100: 1-20 misses) concealment being bushes from ranged attacks, 50% concealment for small creatures or prone medium ones.2. Boulders are 5ft high and provide cover. Tree trunks provide cover3. Medium or Large bodies provide difficult terrain for medium creatures or smaller. Large Bodies can provide soft cover bonuses like low wall

Hm. The werewolf sported some useful items. He'd be better off with them anyway. He takes the well-made composite longbow to use for later, putting his old bow into the handy haversack the group has. "The armor that werewolf had will be quite useful for me as well, but I will hold off until we've got some time for me to switch my current one. Let's see what we can find. Before that, Ryllian, would you mind using that wand a few more times on me? That last fight really drained me" He follows Kailus into the shallow hill cave after the druid makes her decision, drawing forth a glass globe that is a half-inch in diameter, containing a gold-colored liquid that shines light like a torch. He keeps in his belt pouch, leaving it open to expose the light as they explore.

With no signs of visible threats from her peaking over the berm and Kailus' return, Tasha joined the others and used her wand on Belmar and Xan for one charge each.

"Therrre, that should help. Give it a minute to worrrk the healing. Let us not forget to check for magical items amongst that loot too."

She put away the wand and followed the armored human and the elven mage's voice. She had no problem hearing Kailus's footsteps, he sounded like a charging elephant through the woods for all the stealth he was making.

After a little more healing, some of you entered the berm that provided an enclosed clearing.

You found the shallow cave to only be 10-15 feet deep into the hillside, hardly even worthy of the name cave. There were some dirty hides used for sleeping. Belmar was not going to need additional illumination to see inside the cavern.

NOTE: North is to the top of the map, 1 sq = 5ft1. Dark colored vegetation is difficult terrain if more than 50% of Square for medium creatures or smaller & provides 20%(roll 1d100: 1-20 misses) concealment being bushes from ranged attacks, 50% concealment for small creatures or prone medium ones.2. Boulders are 5ft high and provide cover. Tree trunks provide cover3. Medium or Large bodies provide difficult terrain for medium creatures or smaller. Large Bodies can provide soft cover bonuses like low wall